So I got her watching a few animes in the past year, our first was beastars, she liked it, then full metal, also one she liked, I showed her some space dandy but she wasn’t totally interested, and it’s been tough to find one that really hooked her. Then I found it, one day of just “eh whatever I’ll put this on” we started romantic killer, and it’s surprisingly really good. I like it but she loves it. Shell literally play it as her comfort show, I must have seen the season 3 times over now.

Now this is great and all, but I still wanna show her more things she’ll like, any ideas? I was thinking toradora is a long the same vein but so far my suggestions have fallen kind of flat and I haven’t really seen much slice of life, So I’d like to see what you all think

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    Some other recent, “non-standard”, romantic comedies that might appeal:

    • Komi-san Can’t Communicate
    • Tomo-chan Is A Girl!
    • Teasing Master Takagi-san
    • The Dangers In My Heart
    • Loving Yamada at Lv999!

    If the “messed-up magical contract” setting is what she likes, check out:

    • Magical Girl “Oré”
    • Madoka Magica
    • Revolutionary Girl Utena

    Toradora is quite good but I recall it being more serious. Some others like that:

    • His and Her Circumstances
    • Horimiya
    • The Ancient Magus’s Bride
    • Insomniacs After School

    As an aside, if you haven’t seen it already, Heavenly Delusion is just a fantastic show that everyone should check out, inventive and gorgeous.

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      Horimiya is like…one of the greatest romance animes of all time. My wife and I liked it a lot!

      My wife also loved The Ancient Magus’s Bride.

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      This person knows their slice of life. I’d add Skip and Loafer, but I’m a manga reader only. Heard the adaptation is good though.

      Heavenly Delusion should come with a trigger warning. It’s a fantastic show, but there are some very uncomfortable scenes towards the end. Idk how to spoiler tag here, but you can Google if you’re concerned.

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      On your now about seriousness, it’s not a deal breaker but it’s a fine line for her. She loved Fullmetal but could only watch a bit at a time because it was so story driven and intense. That being said, some of her favorite moments from RK are the intense parts and the character development